— Shortly after 10 A.M. on the 9th October, during a thick fog, information was received that a large steamer was ashore near the Cross Sand Light vessel. The No. I Life-boat was manned and proceeded in tow of a tug to the Cross Sand, where they found the s.s. Eylantiw, of North Shields, ashore. She was bound from the Tyne to Havre, with a cargo of coal, and carried a cre\v of eighteen hands. The master of the steamer engaged the Life-boatmen to refloat his vessel, and an anchor was laid out. Later the Life-boat, with the assistance of tugs, helped in getting the vessel clear of the Sands a»d brought her and her crew safely into Yarmouth Roads..